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Coal / Uranium Mine
New Vaal Coal Mine
2nd-largest coal / uranium mine in South Africa of 123 · top 3% worldwide (#116 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Community Investment Holdings Pty Ltd, Zungu Investments Company Pty Ltd, Coalzar Pty Ltd, Masimong Group Holdings Pty Ltd, small shareholder(s), Batho Batho Trust, Seriti Coal Communities
- Owner
- Seriti Coal Pty Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~15.23 Mtpa
- Methane
- ~0.003 kt CH₄/yr
- Commissioned
- 1985
- Retired
- 2042
Comparable coal / uranium mines · South Africa · 123 ranked
- #1Grootegeluk Coal Mine
- #2New Vaal Coal Mine
- #3Optimum Coal Mine
- #4Goedgevonden Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Lethabo power station2.9 km · Power Plant · 3.7 GW · coal
- Sukuma Coal Mine12 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- 400 kV line13 km · Transmission Line
- Glockner Substation13 km · Substation / Converter
- Lefa Coal Mine14 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Durban–Sasolburg Oil Pipeline14 km · Pipeline
- Natref Refinery15 km · Refinery · 108 kb/d
- ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works15 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Sasolburg Chemical Plant16 km · Chemical Plant
- Mooiland solar farm17 km · Power Plant · 120 MW · solar
- Blesbok solar farm17 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · solar
- Mercury - Zeus24 km · Transmission Line
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Portfolio
All assets by Community Investment Holdings Pty Ltd →All assets by Zungu Investments Company Pty Ltd →All assets by Coalzar Pty Ltd →All assets by Masimong Group Holdings Pty Ltd →All assets by small shareholder(s) →All assets by Batho Batho Trust →All assets by Seriti Coal Communities →All assets by Seriti Coal Pty Ltd →
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)